15 November 2023

Israel Must Destroy Hamas’s Tunnels

Daphné Richemond-Barak

No blueprint exists for the ground assault that Israel has launched in the Gaza Strip. Israel must balance its stated objective of eliminating Hamas’s subterranean military capabilities with the need to protect its troops in a highly volatile environment, and it must do so while minimizing harm to the innocent population of Gaza and to Israeli nationals and others who have been taken hostage. For these reasons, Israel’s ground assault is guaranteed to be a slow and difficult operation.

Working in Israel’s favor is the overwhelming size and capability of its military. After Hamas’s October 7 attack,

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